Martín Caparrós emphasizes the importance of “honest and truthful” journalism while accepting the Manu Leguineche Journalism Award.

“Journalism must focus on putting things into context,” said Argentine journalist and writer Martín Caparrós this afternoon after receiving the XIII International Journalism Award Manu Leguineche. Caparrós emphasized the heightened need for “honest and truthful” journalism today and “the attempt to clarify or to get closer, as Leguineche would have said, a little more to the truth.”

The award, convened by the Federation of Journalists’ Associations of Spain (FAPE), the Guadalajara Provincial Council, the University of Alcalá, the Brihuega City Council, and the Guadalajara Press Association, includes a monetary prize of 8,000 euros. Additionally, the winner is named honorary professor at the University of Alcalá to participate in activities within the chair named after Manu Leguineche.

Caparrós’ candidacy was selected from fourteen proposals for his “extraordinary contribution to the renaissance of journalistic reporting in Spanish.” The jury also highlighted his work over more than four decades, during which he has traveled the world telling stories of ordinary people, often overlooked by major media, and denouncing the deep inequalities that persist in Latin America and other regions of the planet.

Caparrós was born in Buenos Aires in 1957 and graduated in History from the University of Paris. He began working as a journalist at the age of 16 and was exiled in Europe during the Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983). Upon his return, he participated in the founding of the newspaper Página/12 and magazines such as Babel and El Porteño. He has worked in print, radio, and television, and currently publishes columns in El País and The New York Times. He is the author of about 40 books and has written from more than 30 countries, establishing himself as one of the most influential voices in narrative journalism in Spanish.